tl;dr - mindfulness, connect with loved ones, and the usual stuff. Never found it particularly helpful. For me - comedy. My job is relatively high stress and t

tl;dr - mindfulness, connect with loved ones, and the usual stuff. Never found it particularly helpful. For me - comedy. My job is relatively high stress and this impacts my sleep significantly. In low-stress times I listen to an audiobook to get to sleep, but when things get intense I can’t focus on it and just sit there thinking all night. So now, in those times, so avoid audible and instead head to Spotify - where many stand up comedians have their live shows available in audio format. Ok, sure, it’s a distraction technique. But there’s the catch - if I’m stressed it’s for a reason, and no amount of mindfulness nonsense is going to remove the underlying reasons. “Ah, yes, we have a major deadline this week and my senior dev responsible for the current blocker is sick, other seniors don’t have the knowledgebase, the juniors are cracking under pressure, management is making things worse because they mistake pressure for motivation, and we’re in a hiring freeze anyway, so it’s left to me and this pack of energy drinks - but nah, I’ll just meditate and ring my father for a heart to heart”.